Pipeline foes quit protest in trees

Published 11:04 pm, Friday, January 4, 2013

A activist identified only as Mike stands on a platform in trees near Diboll, Texas on Jan. 3, 2013, to protest construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.

A activist identified only as Mike stands on a platform in trees near Diboll, Texas on Jan. 3, 2013, to protest construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.

Photo: Tar Sands Blockade

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A activist stands on a platform in trees near Diboll earlier this week.

A activist stands on a platform in trees near Diboll earlier this week.

Photo: Tar Sands Blockade

Pipeline foes quit protest in trees

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Two protesters who climbed onto tree platforms late Wednesday to block work on the Keystone XL pipeline have descended, a spokesman for the activists confirmed Friday.

The protesters were in platforms connected to surrounding trees as far as 100 feet away, according to the activist group Tar Sands Blockade. If the connecting lines were disturbed, the protesters would have fallen from their perches more than 50 feet off the ground, the group said.

The protest was in Diboll, about 110 miles northeast of Houston along the construction route of the pipeline, which is owned by TransCanada and is planned eventually to transport oil sands crude from Canada to the Texas coast.